Category Archives: North Korea

Caution mutes US response to North Korea

By doris | Published: December 27, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s cautious response to the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il reflects unease and uncertainty about the leadership transition in the reclusive country that has confounded U.S. presidents for 60 years. North Korea, the “hermit kingdom,” has vexed the United States and its allies with war, [...]

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General: South Korea drill could cause ‘chain reaction

By doris | Published: December 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The U.S. military is concerned that South Korea’s live-fire artillery exercises planned for coming days could spark an uncontrollable clash with the North, but the State Department said the exercises are not meant to be threatening or provocative. “What we worry about, obviously, is if that is misunderstood [...]

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Obama calls Chinese leader on North Korea tensions

By doris | Published: December 7, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — North Korea needs to “halt its provocative behavior” as tensions rise on the Korean peninsula, President Barack Obama said during a phone call with Chinese President Hu Jintao, the White House said. Hu called for a “calm and rational response from all sides to prevent the deterioration of [...]

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N. Korea crisis latest blow to Obama’s nuclear agenda

By doris | Published: November 26, 2010

Full Story atmsnbc.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has set the goal of eventually ridding the world of nuclear arms as a central theme of his presidency, but North Korea’s defiance and other recent setbacks have raised fresh doubts about whether he can turn his vision into reality. With Obama’s broader nuclear agenda seemingly imperiled [...]

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North Koreans unveil vast plant for nuclear use

By doris | Published: November 21, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — North Korea showed a visiting American nuclear scientist last week a vast new facility it secretly and rapidly built to enrich uranium, confronting the Obama administration with the prospect that the country is preparing to expand its nuclear arsenal or build a far more powerful type of atomic bomb.

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Clinton: US, China must act together on NKorea

By doris | Published: May 24, 2010

Full Story at News.yahoo.com BEIJING – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged China on Monday to work with the United States to coordinate a response to the sinking of a South Korean warship, which has been blamed on North Korea. Opening high-level U.S.-China strategic and economic talks in Beijing, Clinton said North Korea [...]

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Obama, Bill Clinton discuss N. Korea mission

By doris | Published: August 19, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that information her husband brought back from North Korea has been “extremely helpful” by providing a window into what’s happening in the reclusive country. But it didn’t change the Obama administration’s position on North Korea, which is under pressure from the [...]

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Analysis: Bill Clinton as a diplomatic fix-it man

By doris | Published: August 7, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Then, after an appropriate amount of time for hugs and kisses, Bill Clinton appeared, descending from his movie-producer friend’s plane like an angel from heaven. An emotional Ling practically referred to the former president as a messiah, describing to the media and well-wishers waiting at the airport how she and Lee [...]

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The story behind Clinton’s trip to North Korea

By doris | Published: August 6, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Laura Ling and Euna Lee arrived back in the United States Wednesday morning with former President Bill Clinton, who flew to North Korea to negotiate their release after they were sentenced to a labor camp. Iain Clayton said Wednesday that his wife, Laura, told him through a telephone conversation that the [...]

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Clinton, 2 journalists leave North Korea for U.S.

By doris | Published: August 5, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com SEOUL, South Korea – Former President Bill Clinton brought two freed U.S. journalists out of North Korea Wednesday following rare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, who pardoned the women sentenced to hard labor for entering the country illegally. Euna Lee and Laura Ling were heading back to the U.S. [...]

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Bill Clinton makes unannounced N. Korea visit

By doris | Published: August 4, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com SEOUL, South Korea – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made an unannounced visit to North Korea on Tuesday on a trip seen as a mission to win the release of two jailed American reporters and to ease tensions over Pyongyang’s recent nuclear defiance. North Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator and a high-ranking [...]

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In Shift, US Calls for “Amnesty” for Journalists in NK

By doris | Published: July 12, 2009

Full Story at blogs.abcnews.com In an attempt to gain their release, the United States has shifted its carefully crafted language to imply the culpability of two American journalists who were convicted by North Korea of illegally entering the Stalinist country earlier this year. Today, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton even appeared to apologize for the [...]

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